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San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat) 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. June 28, 2024 through February 27, 2025 For over a century, dinosaurs have captivated audiences all over the world. But standing ...

Pandas

Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego

Pandas are beloved around the world, and now they’re coming to the Fleet‘s Heikoff Giant Dome Theater in the IMAX® original film Pandas. This breathtaking documentary adventure is an amazing experience ...

$19.95 – $24.95

Blue Whales Documentary

Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants takes you on a journey of a lifetime to explore the world of the magnificent blue whale, a species rebounding from the brink of extinction. ...

$19.95 – $24.95

Cities of the Future Documentary

Fleet Science Center 1875 El Prado, San Diego

Cities of the Future invites you to step into the future and discover the exciting innovations engineers are working on right now to help meet the challenges of a changing world. ...

$19.95 – $24.95

Wild San Diego

San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat) 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego

They call it the perfect city. With surf, sand, and superb weather, millions of visitors flock to San Diego every year. This oasis at the crossroads of desert and sea ...

Free

Ocean Oasis

San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat) 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego

Take a fascinating journey into two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds—Mexico’s Sea of Cortés and the Baja California desert. Ocean Oasis mesmerizes audiences as they witness the beauty of life ...

Ongoing

Becoming Betty Boop

Comic-Con Museum

Betty Boop has been a cultural icon for nearly 100 years. In collaboration with Fleischer Studios, this one-of-a-kind exhibit embarks on a nostalgic journey, starting with Betty’s beginnings to her ...

Free – $25.00

Border Blitz: Artistas del Cómic de Tijuana

Comic-Con Museum

Comic-Con Museum, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego and sponsored in part by Cross Border Xpress, announces the opening of “Border Blitz: Artistas del Cómic ...

Free – $25.00

Collaboration(s)! A Journey with John Jennings

Comic-Con Museum

Jennings is a consummate collaborator; he shares ideas, inspiration, and control with an array of co-creators. Jennings has no qualms with the creative process and instead revels in the results. ...

Free – $25.00

Art of Science

San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat) 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego

Data is beautiful and science has style—see the beauty that can emerge from scientific research. In collaboration with the UC San Diego Library, see the winners of the Art of Science ...

Blue Gold: The Art and Science of Indigo

Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego

Blue Gold: The Art and Science of Indigo presents indigo through stunning objects of creative expression and the astonishing study of a chemical reaction. Blue Gold is among more than 70 exhibitions ...

Free – $15.00

Nathalie Miebach: Restless Waters

Institute of Contemporary Art Central 1439 El Prado, San Diego

Nathalie Miebach (b.1972, Zeven, Germany, lives Boston, MA) foregrounds the human relationship to data in her meticulously researched practice. Using basketweaving techniques to transform a variety of material into sculpture, ...

Free

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Remote Pulse

Institute of Contemporary Art Central 1439 El Prado, San Diego

The ICA Central mezzanine will be the site of Rafael LozanoHemmer’s (b. 1967, Mexico City, lives Montreal) celebrated interactive installation, Remote Pulse (2019). Working in collaboration with the Centro Cultural ...

Free

The Myth of Superheroes

Comic-Con Museum

Heroes are windows to our past, present, and future. The Myth of Superheroes takes guests on a journey through time that connects ancient Greek and Roman gods and goddesses to the superhero ...

Free – $25.00

Mini Mingei

Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego

Our littlest visitors and their families are invited to explore toddler-centered folk art, craft, and design! This week for Mini Mingei, we’re partnering with Nicolette De Saint Amour, a board-certified practitioner ...

Free – $7.00

Coffee and Conversations

Mingei International Museum 1439 El Prado, San Diego

Join Quilt Scholar Olivia Joseph to explore 19th century Western interpretations of the East as found in quilts, and, more broadly, Western art and craft of that era. In their ...

$10.00 – $15.00